{"id":13758,"date":"2022-11-19T02:10:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T02:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hireshorts.com\/about\/?page_id=13758"},"modified":"2023-11-15T02:16:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T02:16:31","slug":"convert-an-instagram-personal-profile-to-a-business-profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hireshorts.com\/about\/convert-an-instagram-personal-profile-to-a-business-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert an Instagram Personal profile to a Business profile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Instagram&nbsp;offers three profile types: Personal, Business, and Creator. All&nbsp;Instagram&nbsp;accounts start off as Personal by default. You can choose to convert your profile type at any time. Due to limitations from&nbsp;Instagram, only Business profiles get full access to Hire Shorts&nbsp;Instagram&nbsp;features such as engagement, analytics, and direct publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To use all the Instagram features available in Hire Shorts, your Business profile must be connected to a Facebook Page. This is a requirement from Facebook (which owns Instagram). Hire Shorts gets the permissions to manage your Instagram profile through Facebook. You don&#8217;t need to publish to the Page when you use Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See&nbsp;Overview of Instagram profiles&nbsp;to learn more about each profile type and how to check what type you have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"before-you-begin-0-0\">Before you begin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To convert your Instagram profile, you need:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A Facebook Page to connect your Instagram profile to.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Only one Instagram profile can be connected to a Facebook Page and vice versa. If you need to create a new one, see the Facebook help article&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/104002523024878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Create a Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An Admin or Editor page role for that Facebook Page if it&#8217;s a classic Page type or Facebook access with full control or partial control on a new Page type. See the Facebook help article&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/510247025775149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See your Facebook Page role or access<\/a>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the Page is an asset in Facebook Business Manager, you need management access to the Page in the Business Manager account as well. See the Facebook help article&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/business\/help\/2169003770027706?id=2190812977867143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Add people to your Business Manager<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"convert-your-instagram-profile-to-a-business-profile-0-1\">Convert your Instagram profile to a Business profile<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the Instagram mobile app, go to your profile, and then select the menu in the top right.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select&nbsp;<strong>Settings<\/strong>, then&nbsp;<strong>Account<\/strong>, and then scroll to the bottom.\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>If you have a Personal account:<\/em>&nbsp;Select&nbsp;<strong>Switch to professional account<\/strong>, and then choose&nbsp;<strong>Business<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>If you have a Creator account:<\/em>&nbsp;Select<strong>&nbsp;Switch account type<\/strong>, and then&nbsp;<strong>Switch to business account.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"convert-your-instagram-profile-to-a-business-profile-0-1\">Setting up a Business Account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to your profile and tap&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Menu\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/assets\/?revision=255738967126301&amp;name=instagram-sidetrayhamburger-ios&amp;density=1\">&nbsp;in the upper right corner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/assets\/?revision=255738967126301&amp;name=instagram-newsettings-ios&amp;density=1\"><strong>Settings and privacy.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For some accounts, the&nbsp;<strong>Switch to professional account<\/strong>&nbsp;option will be listed directly under&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/assets\/?revision=255738967126301&amp;name=instagram-newsettings-ios&amp;density=1\"><strong>Settings and privacy.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap&nbsp;<strong>Account type and tools<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap&nbsp;<strong>Switch to professional account<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap&nbsp;<strong>Continue.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select a&nbsp;<strong>Category<\/strong>&nbsp;for your business and tap&nbsp;<strong>Done.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap&nbsp;<strong>OK<\/strong>&nbsp;to confirm.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap&nbsp;<strong>Business<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap&nbsp;<strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add contact details and tap&nbsp;<strong>Next.<\/strong>&nbsp;To skip this step, tap&nbsp;<strong>Don\u2019t use my contact info<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To share logins using Accounts Center tap&nbsp;<strong>Continue<\/strong>. You can follow the steps to connect your business account to a Facebook Page associated with your business. This step is optional, and will make it easier to use all of the features available for businesses across Meta.&nbsp;<strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;At this time, only one Facebook Page can be connected to your business account. To skip this step, tap&nbsp;<strong>Not now<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set up your professional account by completeing the optional steps or tap&nbsp;<strong>X<\/strong>&nbsp;on the top right corner to return to your profile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To display or hide business information on your profile, go to your profile and tap&nbsp;<strong>Edit profile<\/strong>. Go to&nbsp;<strong>Profile display<\/strong>&nbsp;under&nbsp;<strong>Public business information<\/strong>&nbsp;to choose whether you want to hide or display your category label and contact info. Then, tap&nbsp;<strong>Done<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"next-steps-0-2\">Next steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now follow the instructions at&nbsp;Connect an Instagram account to a Facebook Page&nbsp;to finish setting up your Business profile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram&nbsp;offers three profile types: Personal, Business, and Creator. All&nbsp;Instagram&nbsp;accounts start off as Personal by default. You can choose to convert your profile type at any time. Due to limitations from&nbsp;Instagram, only Business profiles get full access to Hire Shorts&nbsp;Instagram&nbsp;features such as engagement, analytics, and direct publishing. 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